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Tag Archives: St. Augustine
The Monstrous Beauty of the Florida East Coast Railway Bridge at Jacksonville
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Tagged Acosta Bridge, American Riviera, Fishweir Creek, Flagler College, Florida East Coast Railway, Florida East Coast Railway Bridge Jacksonville, Henry Flagler, Joseph Fennell, Old St. Luke's Hospital, Oleta River, Orange Blossom Special, Ponce de Leon Hotel, Revilo 922, Rube Allyn, St. Augustine, St. Elmo Acosta, Sunshine Special, Winter City in Summerland
The Mystery House at Atlantic/Neptune Beach
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Tagged Al Mosher, Atlantic Beach, Dan G. Wheeler, Dan Wheeler, Dixie before Disney, Donald Mabry, Florida history, Jacksonville Beach, jaxpsychogeo, Lemon Bar, Lemon Street, Mayport, Mysterious House, Mystery House, Neptune, Neptune Beach, Ocean Boulevard, Pablo Beach, Sanborn Fire Insurance, Sanborn map, Southern Gothic, St. Augustine, Tim Gilmore, Tim Hollis
The Beerbower House: Prehistoric Avondale
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Tagged "Break the News to Mother, 1776 Challen, Al Jolson, American Expeditionary Forces, Anti-Ragtime Girl, Avondale, Axel Hendrickson, Beerbower House, Behind the Lines, Bette Davis, Casper Beerbower, Challen Avenue, coquina, coquina gates, Dark Victory, Edgewood Association, Edgewood Avenue, Elias Jaudon, Elsie Janis, Florrie was a Flapper, George Buker, Ginger Harris, Gloria Swanson, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ida B., Ida Beerbower, James Randall Challen, jax psycho geo, jim russell, John Talbott, Leah Powell, leatherleaf fern, Lynn Beerbower, Magnolia Plantation, Mary Hendrickson, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Riverside Avondale, Spanish American War, St. Augustine, Talbot Avenue, Telfair Stockton, Tell Tilly, The Jazz Singer, The Three Friends, The Trespasser, Tilly Teller, Tim Gilmore, Vaudeville, Virginia Harris, Washington Oaks, water hyacinths, William McKinley
Klan in Jax, Part 3/7: J.B. Stoner’s Defense of the Klan
Click below for the third story in a series of seven about the KKK in Jacksonville. On June 13th, come to Coniferous Cafe in downtown Jax at 7 pm, to hear Tim Gilmore’s talk “The Klan in Jax: Its Repugnant Rise and Hysterical Collapse.
He also served as defense attorney for the Klan after mass violence in St. Augustine.
Later he became the defense attorney for James Early Ray, the murderer of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tagged Al Letson, Ancient City Hunting Club, Andrew Young, Bombingham, Byron De La Beckwith, Donal Godfrey, Edward Kallal, Imeson Airport, J.B. Stoner, Jacksonville, James Brock, James Earl Ray, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lincolnville, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Monson Motor Lodge, Ralph Abernathy, Richard Spencer, Robert Hayling, Rudyard Kipling, St. Augustine, St. Augustine Movement, Stetson Kennedy, The Klan Unmasked, White Man's Burden
